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Brady, Patriots bounce back
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THE New England Patriots’ early-season struggles didn’t last long.
Quarterback Tom Brady threw for 302 of his 447 passing yards in a 30-point first-half burst and the Super Bowl champions Patriots bounced back from a season-opening National Football League defeat with a 36-20 rout of the Saints in New Orleans on Sunday.
Brady, who had completed just 16 passes in a 42-27 loss to Kansas City last week, connected on 19 of 25 with three touchdowns in the first half alone.
It was the first time in the 40-year-old superstar’s career that he completed three TD passes in the first quarter.
“We were 0-1, and with the 10-day break, it felt like a year,” Brady said. “It was a good four quarters of great competition. We got off to a good start with some situational things, but we still left some things out there.”
Brady hit Rex Burkhead for a 19-yard TD, connected with Rob Gronkowski on a 53-yard score and threw a 13-yard TD pass to Chris Hogan.
The Patriots led 30-13 at halftime and handed a Saints team led by prolific quarterback Drew Brees their second defeat in as many games this season.
Coming off their big season-opening win over the Patriots, the Chiefs got off to a slow start but came alive in the second half for a 27-20 win over the Philadelphia Eagles.
Kareem Hunt got loose for a 53-yard TD run with 1:20 left in the third quarter to put the Chiefs up 13-10.
Philadelphia tied the game with 11:57 seconds left in the fourth quarter with a 40-yard field goal from rookie Jake Elliott. But the Chiefs took the lead for good with a 15-yard TD pass from Alex Smith to tight end Travis Kelce before Hunt plunged over for another TD from two yards out.
In Denver, quarterback Trevor Siemian threw for four TDs as the Broncos dominated the Dallas Cowboys 42-17.
Siemian completed 22 of 32 passes for 231 yards. He threw TD passes of 10 and six yards to wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders and connected with scoring passes to CJ Anderson and Vigil Green.
That was more than enough to counter a fumble and an interception by Siemian that led to Dallas TDs.
The Atlanta Falcons, who collapsed spectacularly in the Super Bowl against New England in February, improved to 2-0 with a 34-23 victory over the Green Bay Packers.
In their first game at their US$1.5-billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the Falcons built a big lead and made it stand up.
Matt Ryan threw for 252 yards and a TD and Devonta Freeman rushed for 84 yards and two short TDs for Atlanta.
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